Insurance and Risk Officer

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Insurance
Location: Joseph Priestley Building
Salary:

£33,656 to £36,584
per annum
Permanent
Posted On:  Tuesday 15 November 2022
Closing Date:  Tuesday 29 November 2022
Reference:  112022-668

Interview Date: W/C 5th December 2022.

Birmingham City University is a large and diverse place of study right in the heart of the city. We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Insurance & Risk Officer to join our small dynamic team within the Legal & Compliance Team. This new role will lead operational aspects of Insurance and manage the Risk and Business Continuity processes across the University. This unique role will work across the University to protect our staff, students, and assets, and to reduce the impact of incidents.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Day to day management of enquiries from internal and external stakeholders on insurance matters.
• Provide technical advice to internal stakeholders.
• Deliver a professional image to external stakeholders e.g Insurance Broker & Loss Adjuster.
• Provide direct support to the Insurance Manager and Head of Business Continuity & Risk.
• Support senior leadership teams in the development of their risk registers.
• Maintain a risk-free community within the University.
• Work with senior teams to develop their Business Continuity capability.
• Support Business Continuity exercises.
• Manage the day-to-day operational delivery to the University of a robust and professional service.
• Point of contact for all Insurance-related matters both internal and external stakeholders.
• Become a trusted advisor providing advice, support, and training to stakeholders on Insurance & Risk Management.
• Data gathering and analysis for Insurance and Risk.
• Develop and manage the efficiency and efficacy of insurance processes, including claims.
• With guidance, write and present reports at the appropriate level.
• Represent the University externally.
• Support the Head of Business Continuity & Risk to develop Business Continuity Plans and Exercise Plans.
• Actively support the Team during major Business Continuity incidents and losses.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Minimum Cert CII.
• Educated with a relevant degree.
• Excellent inter-personal skills.
• Working in the Insurance Industry, with a clear understanding of terminology.
• Experience of claims and underwriting.
• Confident to respond to the majority of insurance-related queries essential.
• Problem-solving, including the demonstration of a clear referral rationale and knowledge of what key information is required essential.
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a virtual team essential
• Able to influence by developing persuasive arguments.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Curious about getting to the kernel of an issue with the confidence to speak up where necessary.
• Able to develop an MI suite to aid data analysis of insurance and risk trends.
• Demonstrate an understanding of risk and be able to provide advice and training to promote a risk-aware culture, acting as a feedback mechanism to the business on lessons-learned.
• Experience of implementing and managing frameworks and processes.
• Excellent Microsoft skills, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel, including developing procedures and templates.
• Work with the Managers on the development of University policies, procedures, insurance tenders, identifying and resolving issues.

In return we offer a generous pension and annual leave provision. We also operate a hybrid working model that allows staff to combine on-site and remote working where appropriate, dependent on work duties. We also provide access to excellent facilities on campus, including supportive family friendly policies.

Birmingham City University has the drive and ambition to be a leading seat of teaching and research excellence. We are passionate about providing our learners with a transformational journey, enabled by an exceptional and supportive academic community.

With around 26,900 students from 100 countries, Birmingham City University is a large and diverse learning community. We put students at the heart of everything we do, giving them the best opportunities for future success. The University has an enviable reputation for providing quality, student-focused education in a professional and friendly environment. Our superb courses, state-of-the-art facilities, first-rate academics, and focus on practical skills and professional relevance all support our graduates’ future employability.

We’re investing £340 million in our estate, including a major expansion of our City Centre Campus at Eastside, providing students with an enviable range of facilities

Our staff and student community is defined by our core values, which outline who we are as a University and how we will work with each other. Our core values are Excellence, People focused, Partnership working and Fairness and integrity.

Further details:

BCU Values underpin how we work in achieving the ambitions set out in our Strategy and Priorities, and are the principles that unite the way we work together and for our students.

The University is committed to internationalism and diversity and welcomes applications from all countries, faiths and backgrounds.

It is each individual successful applicants responsibility to ensure that they have permission to work in the UK. Some applicants may require sponsorship from the University and a visa from UKVI to take up the role if successful. More information on this can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa

Some roles are not capable of sponsorship because they do not meet the UKVI criteria relating to skill and salary level. If you are unsure as to whether you would require sponsorship if successful, or whether the role is capable of sponsorship, please contact us: RTinbox@bcu.ac.uk

Please note on occasions where we receive a large number of applications, we may close the advert ahead of the publicised closing date. If this does happen, we will contact all candidates via email who have started but not yet completed their application, giving 48 hours’ notice.  We would therefore advise that you submit your completed application as soon as possible.

At Birmingham City University we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.  All staff are expected to understand and enact the University’s commitment to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion in our employment practice and in all that we do . This commitment is enshrined in our Core Values and is detailed in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Employment Policy. The University values and celebrates the diversity of our staff and students; we welcome people from the many  different backgrounds and life experiences that reflect the students and the citizens we serve.  We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and actively encourage unique contributions, in particular from under-represented groups in respect of age, disability, sex, gender or gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status

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